Westside Atlanta Charter School

Governing Board

Regular Meeting- Virtual - Thursday December 10th, 2020 @7:00 PM

Meeting Minutes

Attendance Summary

Name Status Arrival Time Departure Time
Julius Farrington present secretary On Time At Adjournment
Donovan Potter present member On Time At Adjournment
Kim Day present member On Time At Adjournment
Monica Allen present member On Time At Adjournment
Terrell Gilbert present chair 30 Minutes Late At Adjournment
Douglas McRae present member On Time At Adjournment
David Davis not present member
Hannah Heck present vice-chair On Time At Adjournment
Jessica Weissinger present member On Time At Adjournment
Jonathan Baker not present member
Sumhr Giboney present member On Time At Adjournment
Alyson West present member 45 Minutes Late At Adjournment

Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order.

Approval of Agenda

So that there is agreement between board members on the agenda, and the amount of time spent on the meeting, the board shall vote to approve an agenda for the meeting. To the best of its ability, it will follow that agenda, and allow for the chair to move the board through the agenda as specified.

Motion to approve the agenda as submitted with the adjustment of moving the Finance committee report prior to the School Leader report.

By: Hannah Heck Seconded by: Jessica Weissinger

Unanimous

Public Comment

The WACS Board would like to welcome students, parents, staff and community members.  In order to facilitate an efficient meeting, if you would like to offer comments please limit your remarks to the public comment period of the agenda.  

  • No public comment

Community Council Report

Community Council update:

  • November School Movie Night
  • Winter Drop In - This Saturday
  • Toy Drop off, Penguin Pool, and other activities

Approval of Minutes from Nov 12, 2020

Approve the minutes as submitted

By: Julius Farrington Seconded by: Douglas McRae

Unanimous approval

Finance Committee Report

  • Monthly Financial Update
  • PPP status update; submitted application this week, supporting documentation requested and submitted yesterday.
  • Year-End Bonus
  • Discussion on APS Stipend for employees

Approve one time $1000, year end bonus plan for WACS staff.

By: Douglas McRae Seconded by: Jessica Weissinger

Unanimous approval.

School Leader Report

  • Diversity and Equity Report
  • Discussion of Diversity efforts and student and staff profile
  • Instructional Performance Data Report
  • Discussion on student performance results
  • Re-opening Plan
  • Discussion of hybrid and virtual model for January return to school option.




Governance Committee Report

Reminder to Board to submit recommitment forms.





Development Committee Report

Development Committee - committee minutes circulated to the Board. Board to review and pose any questions to the committee.



Education Committee

  • Update on new executive evaluation process
  • As we've moved Delana to the Executive Director title, we're moving off the LKEs process and onto an evaluation process that the Ed committee is creating.
  • We should have an update on this process during the January Board meeting.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:59 pm

Motion to adjourn

By: Terrell Gilbert Seconded by: Julius Farrington

There was no notable discussion on the motion.